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  •  FxBabe
  • | Joined Oct 2006 | Status: Member | 93 Posts
I know this guy whose in his early twenties who started trading forex little over 2 years ago and now has his own company, drives a ferrari and has a £800k house.

How does he do it?
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  •  SunTrader
  • Joined Mar 2006 | Status: Trade the reaction not the news! | 10,381 Posts
Shouldn't you be asking him?
 
 
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  •  Warmagus
  • | Joined Sep 2006 | Status: Member | 331 Posts
Sounds like BS to me.
How you act is more important than how you feel.
 
 
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  •  Marrethiel
  • | Joined Feb 2007 | Status: Member | 313 Posts
Start with $10,000 and add a cumilative one percent per day for two years and see what number you come up with. I make it around 10 million.

He could also have mortgaged himself to the gills
 
 
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  •  FxBabe
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Quoting SunTrader
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Shouldn't you be asking him?
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Obviously I wouldn't be asking here if he had told me.
 
 
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  •  FxBabe
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Quoting Warmagus
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Sounds like BS to me.
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Its not man.
 
 
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  •  aicccia
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Quoting FxBabe
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Its not man.
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well make him tell you how he does it and then come tell us!
 
 
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  •  SunTrader
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Back before the Nasdaq tech bubble burst I was trading from an office where there was a young kid who daytraded the techies (AOL, AMD, INTC, DELL etc). He made easily $1000 on a typical trading day. He had no secret. Watched the tape, bid/ask changes and rapidfire order entries like playing a video game. I left to resume trading from home and never found out if he was able to maintain it.

Some things about the markets stay the same but it is also neccessary to evolve a little bit. I love it when someone says it is easy - just make x% every month. Believe it or not even the great Soros does not do that all the time. As a matter of fact I think I read recently that '06 and so far this year could have been better for him. The great traders like him do it over the long haul and don't concern themselves with big bank accounts and the toys that brings.
 
 
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  •  WHTenn
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Compounding, trading more than one currency pair, trades full time and has a good system.
 
 
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  •  FxBabe
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Compounding, trading more than one currency pair, trades full time and has a good system.
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when u have some spare time do email back.
 
 
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  •  highway
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when u have some spare time do email back.
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If you are good, you can make half his amount and in less than half the time.

Get a wedding ring and try your luck.

good luck
If you have no idea, take a course. It's cheaper than a trading course.
 
 
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  •  Snuffleupagus
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I know this guy whose in his early twenties who started trading forex little over 2 years ago and now has his own company, drives a ferrari and has a £800k house.

How does he do it?
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You didn't say if he achieved that with his Forex trading. For all we know he bought it on credit and will soon be bankrupt.
 
 
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  •  luqmanz
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I know this guy whose in his early twenties who started trading forex little over 2 years ago and now has his own company, drives a ferrari and has a £800k house.

How does he do it?
Perhaps he got rich from the business his company is running ?
 
 
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  •  Gwan
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Perhaps he got rich from the business his company is running ?
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yes, i agree indeed .
the question is a trap .
remember that most broker need us to state that the money we put to play are not afecting our lifestyle.
 
 
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  •  rallyeman
  • | Joined Apr 2006 | Status: forex newbie | 9 Posts
Perhaps he made money from selling his trading system as well as trading!

I personally know someone who has done this, he made a great deal of money selling a complete training course, whilst trading for himself also. BTW he has only been trading 2 years, and could be considered very wealthy!

there is no secret - all of the above mentioned facts - a system with an edge, leverage, compounding, full time trading and trading a range of markets will all allow you to achieve what you are asking, sometihng else that is very important is adequate capitalisation. You are never (shouldn't say never as in theory it is possible, however also unlikely) going to make $1000000 starting with $1000, it is easier to make $1000000 if you start with $1000000 (ok maybe $100000). When I say easier, I don't mean easy, you still have to fill all of the above criteria and be a good trader to boot.

Good luck.
 
 
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  •  mtcdavs
  • | Joined Jul 2006 | Status: Member | 60 Posts
I love the "skeptics" on this forum. If someone is reported as actually making it in Forex Trading, must be a hoax. Can't be ture. Can't be done.

Well, I like to believe, it can be done and IS being done. Soon to be my turn as well.
 
 
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  •  amaruenterprise
  • | Joined May 2006 | Status: Member | 282 Posts
Quoting mtcdavs
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I love the "skeptics" on this forum. If someone is reported as actually making it in Forex Trading, must be a hoax. Can't be ture. Can't be done.

Well, I like to believe, it can be done and IS being done. Soon to be my turn as well.
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Well said.....
 
 
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  •  tdion
  • Joined Nov 2005 | Status: EURUSD Quant FREAK | 3,197 Posts
Hate to open this can of worms, but even if you are doing well in forex, you still have to find a credible broker.

I have struggled with this a lot lately. Is an ECN the only way to not be cheated? Are any brokers out there not making money when we lose? Thanks.
 
 
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  •  dragon77
  • | Joined Apr 2006 | Status: Member | 101 Posts
I would find out what drugs he's dealing !!!!!! LOL
 
 
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  •  FxBabe
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Quoting Snuffleupagus
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You didn't say if he achieved that with his Forex trading. For all we know he bought it on credit and will soon be bankrupt.
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He acheived it with forex trading.
 
 
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